Shooting at the 2015 Pacific Games

Shooting at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 6–11 July at the June Valley Shooting Range in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1][2] Tahiti and Fiji were the most successful nations, winning three gold medals each. Medals were initially awarded for teams in the pistol shooting section,[3] but as team events for pistols were not included in the official schedule those medals were withdrawn.[4]

Shooting
at the 2015 Pacific Games
VenueJune Valley Shooting Range
LocationPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Dates6–11 July 2015

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Papua New Guinea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Tahiti34310
2 Fiji3216
3 New Caledonia2215
4 Papua New Guinea*1203
5 Norfolk Island1124
6 Samoa1034
7 Guam0011
Totals (7 nations)11111133

Pistol results

Five pistol events were hosted at the indoor shooting range. All were for individual shooters only, no team medals were on offer. The 10 metre air pistol was held as separate men's and women's competitions. The 25 metre standard pistol event was open to both men and women (i.e. not gender specific). There were two events for the 25 metre pistol (also known as the sport pistol) – one open, and one for women shooters only.

Event Gold Silver Bronze Ref
Air pistol 10 m
 – men
 Gabriel Lan San (TAH) 176.1  Kevin Coulter (NFK) 175.4  Douglas Creek (NFK) 156.7 [3]
[5]
Air pistol 10 m
 – women
 Maeva Darius (TAH) 181.3  Tania Mairi (PNG) 173.9  Amalia Duenas (GUM) 154.3 [3]
[6]
Standard pistol
 25 m – open
 Faiyum Khan (FIJ) 505  Freddy Yen Kway (TAH) 504  Douglas Creek (NFK) 490 [upper-alpha 1]
[7]
Sport pistol
 25mopen
 Douglas Creek (NFK) 526  Freddy Yen Kway (TAH) 524  Johan Perchard (NCL) 522 [8]
Sport pistol
 25mwomen
 Tania Mairi (PNG) 490  Carmelita Donald (PNG) 465  Marie-Louise Darius (TAH) 457 [9]
[10]

Shotgun results

Six clay target events were held on the down-the-line shotgun range, contested within three disciplines; double barrel (also known as single rise), single barrel, and points score. Medals were awarded for both individual and team events in each discipline. The shotgun competition was not gender specific, with all events open to men and women.

Event Gold Silver Bronze Ref
Double barrel
  – individual
 Glenn Kable (FIJ) 121  Christian Stephen (FIJ) 120  Moeava Bambridge (TAH) 99 [11]
Double barrel
  – team
 Fiji
Adarsh Datt
Glenn Kable
Christian Stephen
295  New Caledonia
Walter Le Pironnec
Kévin Lepigeon
Marion Roumagne
294  Tahiti
Tuanua Degage
Alexandre Lehartel
Jean-Hiro Pratx
291 [12]
Single barrel
  – individual
 Kévin Lepigeon (NCL) 96  Phillippe Simoni (NCL) 95  Eddie Chen Pao (SAM) 95 [13]
Single barrel
  – team
 New Caledonia
Kévin Lepigeon
Marion Roumagne
Phillippe Simoni
279  Tahiti
Moeava Bambridge
Tuanua Degage
Jean-Hiro Pratx
278  Samoa
Leasi Galuvao
Paul Loibl
Eddie Chen Pao
275 [14]
[upper-alpha 2]
Points score
  – individual
 Eddie Chen Pao (SAM) 295  Tuanua Degage (TAH) 293  Glenn Kable (FIJ) 289 [16]
Points score
  – team
 Tahiti
Moeava Bambridge
Tuanua Degage
Hiro Praxt
859  Fiji
Adarsh Datt
Glenn Kable
Christian Stephen
858  Samoa
Leasi Galuvao
Paul Loibl
Eddie Chen Pao
853 [16]

Participating nations

There were eight countries competing:

Notes

  1. The 25 metre standard pistol (mixed) event was won by Fiji's Faiyum Khan, as reported in The Fiji Times.[upper-alpha 3] The photograph accompanying the report shows Fayam on the podium as the gold medallist with Freddy Yen Kway from Tahiti as the silver medallist, and Norfolk Island's Douglas Creek as the bronze medallist.[upper-alpha 4] Norfolk won a total of four medals in shooting at the 2015 Games.[upper-alpha 5][upper-alpha 6]
  2. As reported on the Port Moresby 2015 official website, gold, silver and bronze in the single barrel (mixed) team event was won by New Caledonia, Tahiti and Samoa, respectively.[14] The photograph accompanying the article shows (L-R) Tahiti's Moeava Bambridge, Jean-Hiro Pratx and Tuanua Degage as the silver medallists, Marion Roumagne, Kévin Lepigeon and Phillippe Simon as the gold medallists, and Eddie Chen Pao, Paul Loibl and Leasi Galuvao as the bronze medallists.[15]

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